Killer Cop City with Akela Lacy & Micah Herskind (Ep 168)

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🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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An activist was murdered outside of Atlanta trying to protect the Weelaunee Forest from the development of a police training ground. Why aren't we hearing more about it? Fellow organizer Micah Herskind joins Francesca to explain what Cop City is and the depths of the corruption surrounding its construction. And Akela Lacy, politics reporter for The Intercept, joins to talk about the double-speaking Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Ilhan Omar being kicked off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She might've been booted by Republicans, but not before Democrats had previously undermined her. Finally, the beautiful big Chinese spy balloon has been shot down. Was it the right move and how have we been forever changed. Featuring: Akela Lacy, https://twitter.com/akela_lacy Micah Herskind, https://twitter.com/micahinATL The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Music by DJ Real Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	One of the reasons that especially the local coverage has been so bad is that, so one of our main outlets here is the Atlanta Journal Constitution or the AJC and they are owned by this company called Cox Enterprises and the CEO of Cox Enterprises is leading the fundraising campaign for $60 million for Cop City and so our media is literally owned by the people who are trying to build Cop City. Hey everybody, what's going on welcome to the situation room show my name is
0:36.7	Francesca Fiorendini I am the host of said show so good to have you here, so glad you press play while you were doing
0:46.9	the dishes. You know what I'm saying? Because sometimes you need a little
0:50.1	company. Can't be alone, never never alone no silence ever got to have a friend with me
0:56.9	we're working on that song but really excited to have two new guests for the first time.
1:04.7	A Kaye-Lacy politics reporter of The Intercept is here.
1:08.9	We're going to talk about, yes, Representative Omar
1:11.8	being booted from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and you know
1:17.5	just Islamophobia generally but what's going on with that and how Democrats did or did not step up for her in years prior.
1:26.0	Very interested in her take as well as looking at the head Dem, Hakim, Hakim Jeffries, and his grandstanding, his just planting
1:39.1	his flag on the this socialism vote is BS. The point is it's a story about a socialism vote is BS. The point is it's a story about a
1:45.3	socialism vote I could have done that better. The point is that's what we're going to talk
1:51.2	about. Also activist Mic Micah Horskand is here,
1:55.0	who is going to talk to us about Cop City and Atlanta
1:57.9	and the murder of Manuel Turan,
2:00.8	something that has not been spoken about much in mainstream media if at all
2:05.4	what happened what is going down there and what are new developments in terms of
2:10.1	cop city and the ongoing building of it turns out news today looks like it might have not gone
2:17.2	through the proper channels that there was public comment nobody was heard no one was
2:22.3	listened to so mica will join us who has been on the front
2:27.0	lines of this fight as well as Manuel who who was again straight murdered so not not really ripe for humor but really
2:37.4	really important we talk about this one guys and of course the Chinese
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